Simmons3k

I'm not sure what exactly fixed it, but after leaving the shared notebook and deleting the notes, eventually the tags disappeared. This wasn't immediate. I noticed it first on the web, then a while later on my Macbook, then later ion my iMac. Just now they disappeared from iOS. So I'm guessing there is some kind of background data cleanup that goes on, and it takes a while to sync to all the devices. Really happy that Evernote seems to be pretty robust on this kind of thing. We all know how important it is to keep things clean. Thanks for your help!

After a little more digging, it appears there was a Notebook that was shared with me in 2015. I killed all the notes and chose "Leave Notebook" from the notebook's ... menu. Unfortunately all the zombie tags are still there, unable to be deleted. One thing that's interesting is that these only show up in the desktop and mobile apps, but not on the web. I wanted to start using tags in Evernote, but with over 20 zombies, its' going to make it pretty hard. Is there any kind of data check/cleanup tool? Maybe export everything then start over and re-import? I have over 1300 notes, so that's a little sacary as well. Or maybe deleting re-installing the apps?

Great question!. I think they are from my notes that I shared to others. I removed the tags from the notes, since I was hoping to delete the tags. I could remove all of the sharing, since none is relevant any more. Do you think that might help?

I have a list of tags hanging around, probably from around 2015. (I removed all the notes they were referring to.) When I right-click on one, I can't delete it or take any other action other than "Add to Shortcuts" When I add a new tag, it acts normally. Any ideas on what these "zombie tags" are and how to get rid of them? Thanks, Rick